Introduction
Domestic violence can be best described as “the power misused by one adult in a relationship to control another. It is the establishment of control and fear in a relationship through violence and other forms of abuse.” In most cases domestic violence takes of the form of physical abuse or battery, psychological abuse, social abuse, financial abuse and sexual abuse. It must also be mentioned that domestic abuse is not just an act but a continued pattern that normally takes the aforementioned forms. However, the frequency of domestic violence varies from occasional to recurrent. To this effect, frequent occurrence of domestic violence ...